Scott Crary

Crary's debut film, Kill Your Idols, features such noted no wave and art punk bands as Sonic Youth, Swans, DNA, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, Suicide, Black Dice, Gogol Bordello, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Liars, among others. The film received the award for Best Documentary at the 2004 Tribeca Film Festival{{cite journal | url = http://www.bangitout.com/tribeca2004awards.html | last = Hiller | first = Jordan | title = Movies That Bang coverage of the Tribeca Film Festival | date = 9 May 2004 | journal = Bang It Out | accessdate = 24 October 2013 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131019150955/http://www.bangitout.com/tribeca2004awards.html | archivedate = 19 October 2013 }}{{cite journal | url= http://sify.com/movies/fullstory.php?id=14230655 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060622000045/http://sify.com/movies/fullstory.php?id=14230655 | url-status= dead | archive-date= 22 June 2006 | via = Reuters | title= Idols finds distributor in Palm Pictures | date= 19 June 2006 | website= Sify | accessdate=11 January 2010}} and was subsequently screened at over 50 international film festivals, before being released theatrically in 2006. It was acquired for distribution in North America by Palm Pictures,{{cite web |url=http://www.palmpictures.com/film/kill-your-idols.php | title =Kill Your Idols | work=Palm Pictures official website | accessdate= 22 January 2008}} in Europe by Minerva Pictures/RARO Video,{{cite web |url=http://www.rarovideo.com/schedaTitolo.aspx?id=2767&ProductID=RVD40156 | title= Kill Your Idols | work=RaroVideo official website | accessdate= 23 January 2008}} and in Japan by Uplink.{{cite web |url=http://www.musicdocfes.com/killyour/ | last = Tanaka | first = Yuki |title=Kill Your Idols | work=Music Doc Fest | accessdate= 22 January 2008}} Kill Your Idols was also acquired for television by Showtime and Sundance Channel.{{cite web |url=http://www.sundancechannel.com/films/kill-your-idols |title=Kill Your Idols |author=Staff |work=Sundance Channel film guide |accessdate=28 October 2013}}{{cite journal | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/01/arts/television/01tvcol.html?pagewanted=print&_r=0 | last = Hale | first = Mike | title = What's On Tonight | date = 1 October 2007 | journal = The New York Times | accessdate = 28 October 2013}}

Crary served on the jury of the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival alongside Alan Cumming, Whoopi Goldberg, Darren Arronofsky, Tom Wolfe, Damon Dash, Jeff Bezos, and others.{{cite journal | url = http://press.nokia.com/PR/200510/1015197_5.html | last = Wimbush | first = Scott | title = Tribeca Film Festival 2005 Jury Members | date = 12 October 2005 | journal = Nokia Press | accessdate = 30 July 2008 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20091125170951/http://press.nokia.com/PR/200510/1015197_5.html | archivedate = 25 November 2009 }}

In 2005, Nokia commissioned Crary to direct the short film Perdu Dans La Ville, shot entirely on Nokia 6682 Imaging Smartphones.{{cite journal | url = http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-4791839/Nokia-and-Tribeca-Film-Festival.html | title = Nokia and Tribeca Film Festival Screen 2005 Short Films Made by Festival Jury Members | date = 21 October 2005 | journal = Goliath | accessdate = 12 March 2009}}

In 2007, Crary directed the music video for the song "Story Goes First" by the band Katamine. The video starred Kurt Feldman of the indie pop band The Pains of Being Pure at Heart.{{cite journal | url = https://www.nme.com/video/id/R3OtxgNkk9M/search/katamine | author = Staff | title = Story Goes First | date = 1 November 2007 | journal = NME | accessdate = 30 October 2013}}

In May 2008, Crary's film, Kill Your Idols, was named on Black Book Magazine's list of 'Iconic and Influential Music Documentaries', alongside such films as Dig!, I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco, 1991: The Year Punk Broke, Meeting People Is Easy, and The Devil and Daniel Johnston.{{cite journal | url = http://rockumentaries.blackbookmag.com/rockumentaries/ | author = Staff | title = Rockumentaries | date = April 2008 | journal = Black Book Magazine | accessdate = 24 October 2013}} In May 2011, the film was also included on Nylon Magazine's list of 'Top Music Documentaries'.{{cite journal | url = http://www.nylonmag.com/stories/6056 | last = Darwin | first = Liz | title = Urban Studies: Take a Wild Trip Through Our No Wave Cinema Favorites | date = 5 May 2011 | journal = Nylon Magazine | accessdate = 28 October 2013 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131029205401/http://www.nylonmag.com/stories/6056 | archivedate = 29 October 2013 }}

Crary produced the 2010 documentary film William S. Burroughs: A Man Within, featuring Iggy Pop, John Waters, Patti Smith, Gus Van Sant, David Cronenberg, Jello Biafra, John Giorno, Genesis P-Orridge, Laurie Anderson, and others. William S. Burroughs: A Man Within premiered at the 2010 Slamdance Film Festival and was acquired for distribution in North America by Oscilloscope Laboratories, in Australia by Madman Entertainment, in Germany by Neue Visionen, and in France by Arte.{{cite journal | url = https://www.indiewire.com/article/oscilloscope_to_lunch_with_burroughs_this_fall/ | last = Brooks | first = Brian | title = Oscilloscope to Lunch with "Burroughs" This Fall | date = 2 June 2010 | journal = IndieWire | accessdate = 30 October 2013}}

In 2011, Crary produced an episode of the PBS series Independent Lens, hosted by America Ferrara.{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/william-s-burroughs/credits.html | title =Independent Lens credits | work=PBS official website | accessdate= 22 January 2012}}

In 2013, Crary's film, Kill Your Idols, was included in the permanent archives of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.{{cite web |url=https://rockhall.on.worldcat.org/oclc/71338291 | title = Kill Your Idols | date = 10 October 2013 | work = The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Library & Archives | accessdate=7 November 2013}}

Crary served as a producer on the 2017 film Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution, a feature documentary on Queercore directed by Yony Leyser.{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/yonyleyser/posts/10100453445822899 | title = New film | date = 8 December 2011 | work = Yony Leyer's director page | accessdate=10 April 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bbfc.de/WebObjects/Medienboard.woa/1/wa/CMSshow/1059450?detail=cms3287208&status=statusOption3&wosid=DxaowujkzDjp8b8s8t7Oxg#cms3287208 | title = Queercore-how to punk a revolution (AT) | date = 7 April 2017 | work = Berlin Brandenburg Film Commission | accessdate=24 April 2017}} The film features interviews with Bruce LaBruce, Kathleen Hanna, Kim Gordon, Rick Castro, John Waters, Peaches, Dennis Cooper, and others.{{cite web |url=https://www.catndocs.com/index.php/categories/cinema/890-queercore-how-to-punk-a-revolution | title = Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution | date = April 2017 | work = Cats&Docs | accessdate=24 April 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.totho.de/film_in_arbeit.html | title = Film in arbeit | date = 3 April 2015 | work = Totho | accessdate=2 June 2015}}{{cite journal | url = http://achtungberlin.de/festival-hauptseite/jury/exberliner-jury/ | last = Becher | first = Franziska | title = Exberliner Jury | date = 15 April 2015 | journal = Achtung Berlin | accessdate = 2 June 2015}} Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution premiered at Sheffield Doc/Fest on June 12, 2017 and was acquired for television by Arte in France and by ZDF in Germany.{{cite web |url=https://sheffdocfest.com/films/6306 | title = Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution | date = May 2017 | work = Sheffield Doc/Fest Program Guide | accessdate=12 June 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4643034/ | title = Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution | date = | work = IMDb | accessdate= 24 April 2017}} It was announced on February 9, 2018, that all U.S. rights for the film had been acquired by distributor Altered Innocence.{{cite journal | url = https://variety.com/2018/film/news/moviepass-lowers-price-fandor-offer-1202694390/ | last = McNary | first = Dave | title = Film News Roundup | date = 9 February 2018 | journal = Variety | accessdate = 12 February 2018}} It was released theatrically on September 23, 2018, and on DVD, Blu-ray and VOD on January 8, 2019.{{cite web |url=https://www.alteredinnocence.net/queercore | title = Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution | date = September 2018 | work = Altered Innocence | accessdate=27 January 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Queercore-How-to-Punk-a-Revolution-Blu-ray/222551/ | title = Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution Blu-ray | date = January 2019 | work = Blu-ray.com | accessdate=27 January 2019}}

In 2018, Crary produced Fire Music, a feature documentary on free jazz, directed by Tom Surgal and featuring Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman, Prince Lasha, Carla Bley, Bobby Bradford, Sonny Simmons, and others.{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5317302/fullcredits | title = Fire Music full credits | date = 2018 | work = IMDb | accessdate=26 August 2018}} Fire Music premiered at the 56th New York Film Festival on September 29, 2018{{cite web | url=https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2018/daily/nyff56-spotlight-on-documentary-announced/ | title = NYFF56: Spotlight on Documentary Announced | date = 22 August 2018 | work = New York Film Festival official website | accessdate=26 August 2018}}{{cite web | url=https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2018/films/fire-music/ | title = NYFF56: Fire Music | date = 30 August 2018 | work = New York Film Festival official website | accessdate=5 October 2018}}{{cite magazine | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/fire-music-documentary-tom-surgal-free-jazz-731272/ | last = Shteamer | first = Hank | title = New Doc 'Fire Music' Sets the Record Straight on Free Jazz | date = 1 October 2018 | magazine = Rolling Stone | accessdate = 5 October 2018}} and was released theatrically on September 10, 2021.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/09/movies/fire-music-review.html | title = 'Fire Music' Review: An Impassioned Case for Free Jazz | date = September 2021 | work = The New York Times | accessdate= 13 September 2022}} The film was acquired by The Criterion Collection and released on VOD on June 1, 2022.{{cite web |url=https://www.criterionchannel.com/fire-music | title = Fire Music | date = June 2022 | work = The Criterion Collection official website | accessdate= 13 September 2022}}

On January 3, 2019, Crary was announced as producer of an upcoming feature documentary on Jeffrey Lee Pierce and his band The Gun Club.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/the-gun-club-documentary-1202528520/ | title = Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Frontman Of Seminal LA Punk Band The Gun Club, To Be Subject of Elvis From Hell Feature Doc | date = 3 January 2019 | work = Deadline Hollywood | accessdate= 27 January 2019}} The film, entitled Elvis From Hell, will feature original interviews with Nick Cave, Debbie Harry, Mick Harvey, Jim Jarmusch, Mark Lanegan, Moby, Kid Congo Powers, Jack White, and others.{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/the-gun-clubs-jeffrey-lee-pierce-gets-new-documentary/ | title = The Gun Club's Jeffrey Lee Pierce Gets New Documentary | date = 3 January 2019 | work = Pitchfork | accessdate= 27 January 2019}}

In addition to his film work, Crary has been involved extensively in advertising as well, working with companies such as Nokia,{{cite journal | url = http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-4791839/Nokia-and-Tribeca-Film-Festival.html | title = Nokia and Tribeca Film Festival Screen 2005 Short Films Made by Festival Jury Members | date = 21 October 2005 | journal = Goliath | accessdate = 12 March 2009}} Mazda,{{cite web |url=http://www.mazdausa.com/MusaWeb/displayPage.action?pageParameter=mazdaMuseum | title = Mazda Museum | work=Mazda official website | accessdate= 30 October 2013}} Guitar Center,{{cite web |url=http://www.kslmedia.com/portfolio-items/guitar-center-national-cable-launch/ | title = Guitar Center national cable launch | work = KSL Media | accessdate= 30 October 2013}} Bacardi,{{cite web |url=http://www.greygoose.com/en/us/film-and-tv/iconoclasts | title = Bacardi's Iconocasts | work = Grey Goose official website | accessdate= 28 October 2013}} Ray-Ban,{{cite web |url=http://www.ray-ban.com/usa | title = Ray-Ban Rockumentaries | work = Ray-Ban official website | accessdate= 30 October 2013}} The Contrarian Media,{{cite web |url=http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/d4dde8ed61/the-not-so-presidential-debate-remix-from-demopublican |title=The Not So Presidential Debates | date=8 October 2008 |last = Sedlak | first = Aaron |work=Funny or Die |accessdate=6 January 2009}} Apple, Seagram's Gin{{cite web |url=http://numerocero.es/publicidad/noticia/cinco-canciones-para-conocer-the-new-york-life/6492 |title=El Destino: Cinco Canciones Para Conocer El The New York Life | date=30 May 2016 |last = | first = |work=NumeroCERO |accessdate=27 January 2019}} and others.

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Crary has been exhibited at numerous museums and art institutions internationally. His work has been presented at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona,{{cite journal | url = http://www.popmadrid.com/node/24012 | author = Staff | title = Kill Your Idols!!! | date = April 2009 | journal = Pop Madrid | accessdate = 16 September 2010}} the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal,{{cite web |url=http://www.macm.org/en/presse/64.html | title =Summer Exhibitions | date = July 2007 | work=Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal | accessdate= 13 March 2008}} the Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center in New Orleans,{{cite web |url=http://www.myspace.com/sacrary/blog/14604303 | title = Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center announcement | date = September 2007 | work = S.A. Crary Myspace | accessdate=12 March 2008}} the Pera Museum in Istanbul,{{cite web |url=http://en.peramuzesi.org.tr/pera_film/alt_program_list.aspx?SectionID=y%2bWoGAIXETpEflzDcJGaeA%3d%3d&ContentID=4oEu6KjEmU33gGZTiL4GkQ%3d%3d | title =Program | date = 28 May 2013 | work=Pera Museum | accessdate= 6 July 2013}} and London's Institute of Contemporary Arts.{{cite web |url=http://www.ica.org.uk/Older%20Film%20press%20releases+17701.twl | title =Exhibition Schedule | date = April 2005 | work=Institute of Contemporary Arts | accessdate= 13 March 2008}} In 2005, Sight & Sound's Stephen Dalton characterized Crary's experimental video pieces as "short meditative loops" that "often deliver a kōan-like punchline."Dalton, Stephen (April 2005, Vol. 15 Issue 4). Sight & Sound, p. 64

In 2013, Crary announced he had begun authoring "a book of illustrated short stories" called Children Remember.{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10200745968639586&set=a.1705409683085.2097307.1473302836&type=1&theater | title = Children Remember announcement | date = 20 February 2013 | work = S.A. Crary's director page | accessdate= 29 November 2013}} The title of the book is an allusion to the song of the same name by the band Circus Mort, which was fronted by Michael Gira who later formed Swans, a band featured in Crary's film Kill Your Idols.{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Circus-Mort-Circus-Mort/release/466320 | title = Circus Mort discography | work = Discogs | accessdate = 18 October 2013}}

On April 16, 2015, Crary previewed selections from a forthcoming conceptual photo book which depicts the former New York City residences of celebrated creative personalities, such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, William S. Burroughs, Diane Arbus, Bob Dylan, J.D. Salinger, Mark Rothko, Nico, and others.{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/pages/William-S-Burroughs-A-Man-Within/226274917583 | title = DOORS/NYC announcement | date = 1 October 2013 | work = William S. Burroughs: A Man Within official page | accessdate= 15 October 2013}}{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10206772961910651&set=a.1705409683085.2097307.1473302836&type=1&theater | title = DOORS/NYC | date = 16 April 2015 | work = S.A. Crary's director page | accessdate= 2 June 2015}}

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Although more significantly known for his subsequent film work, Crary at first came to public attention in the mid to late 1990s as a hip-hop turntabilist, mixtape deejay and occasional producer, using the stage name DJ S.T.R.E.S.S. During this time, he performed as a supporting act on tours for such artists as De La Soul, Jungle Brothers, Smif-n-Wessun, Heltah Skeltah, and Chuck D of Public Enemy.{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/3834181-DJ-STRESS | title = DJ S.T.R.E.S.S. discography | work = Discogs | accessdate = 27 September 2015}} He also released a number of self-produced mixtapes, which are notable for featuring some of the earliest appearances of artists like El-P, Mos Def, and Eminem, as well as original freestyles by The Roots, KRS-One, and Jeru The Damaja.Staff (February 1998, No. 101). "Tapes". The Source Magazine, p. 89 As a member of the Universal Zulu Nation and an affiliate of the Native Tongues,{{cite journal | url = http://www.thejazzkitchen.com/icon-series-soulquarians-native-toungues-b-side-lounge/ | author = Staff | title = Icon Series: Soulquarians/Native Tongues | date = 20 July 2013 | journal = The Jazz Kitchen | accessdate = 6 June 2015}}{{cite journal | url = http://www.oldsoulent.com/icon-july-27-2013-native-tongues--soulquarians.html | author = Morris, Douglas | title = Native Tongues | date = 27 July 2013 | journal = Old Soulent | accessdate = 27 September 2015}} Crary was associated with the consciousness movement in hip-hop.Strange, Adario (April 1995, No. 67). "Reality Check". The Source Magazine, p. 18

In 2006, the Belgian graphic design agency Kidnap Your Designer chose its name as a reference to Crary's film Kill Your Idols.{{cite journal | url = http://www.mymonkey.fr/archives/60 | last = Dath | first = Caroline | title = Kidnap Your Designer | year = 2007 | journal = My Monkey France | accessdate = 3 December 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.kidnapyourdesigner.com/index.php?search=about&id=22 | title =About | work=Kidnap Your Designer| accessdate= 26 September 2015}}

Footage of Crary's film Kill Your Idols was incorporated into the music video for the song "Window In The Skies" by the band U2.

In the 2011 novel Απόψε θα χιονίσει, θα το δεις, Greek author Daphne Manousou based the character of Edd on Crary.{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/daphne.manousou | title = Tonight Snowed, We'll See… | work = Daphne Manousou's author page | accessdate= 29 November 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.anubis.gr/books.asp?BID=1390 | title = Απόψε θα χιονίσει, θα το δεις | work = Anubis Greece | accessdate= 29 November 2012}}

In 2012, a bar named Kill Your Idol (in homage to Kill Your Idols) opened in Miami's South Beach neighborhood, promoting itself as "a throw back to the emerging No Wave movement of the late 70s."{{cite web |url=http://sub-culture.org/kill-your-idol/ | title =Kill Your Idol | work=Sub-Culture Group| accessdate= 26 September 2015}} A framed poster of Crary's film hangs over the bar there.

In April 2012, artist Seth Kim-Cohen used Crary's film Kill Your Idols as a basis for his solo exhibition, Tomorrow Is The Question? Is the Question!, at the Audio Visual Arts (AVA) Gallery in New York.Wilson, Michael (Summer 2012, Vol. 50 Issue 10). "Seth Kim-Cohen: Audio Visual Arts". Artforum, p. 320

Lydia Lunch credited Crary as the inspiration for her 2012-2013 "Retro/Virus" concert tour.{{cite journal | url = http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2012/09/lydia_lunch_bri.html | last = Levine | first = Dave | title = Lydia Lunch bringing 'Retro/Virus' party to Knitting Factory | date = 7 September 2012 | journal = BrooklynVegan | accessdate = 30 October 2013}}

In 2013, Crary was included in the books Resonances: Noise and Contemporary Music, published by Bloomsbury Publishing,Goddard, Michael et al (2013) Resonances: Noise and Contemporary Music, Bloomsbury Academic, {{ISBN|978-1-4411-5937-3}} and The Music Documentary: Acid Rock to Electropop, published by Routledge.Halligan, Benjamin et al (2013) The Music Documentary: Acid Rock to Electropop, Routledge, {{ISBN|978-0-415-52802-3}}

Crary was included in the 2014 book Fight Back: Punk, Politics and Resistance, published by Manchester University Press.The Subcultures Network (2014) Fight Back: Punk, Politics and Resistance, Manchester University Press, {{ISBN|978-0-7190-9029-5}}

In 2015, Crary was included in the book Tranquillo, non importa, published in Italy by Edizioni Sette Città.Piovino, Daniele (2015) Tranquillo, non importa, Edizioni Sette Città, {{ISBN|978-8-878-53575-6}}

In 2016, Crary was included in the book Downtown Manhattan 78-82: De la No Wave aux Dancefloors, published in France by Le Texte Vivant.Deniau, Christophe (2016) Downtown Manhattan 78-82: De la No Wave aux Dancefloors, Le Texte Vivant, {{ISBN|978-2-367-23097-9}}

In February 2016, Norwegian band Karokh premiered the song "Boogies", inspired by Crary's film Kill Your Idols.{{cite journal | url = https://dervswerve.wordpress.com/2016/02/19/karokh-share-technicolour-punk-funk-boogies-premiere/ | last = Mc Cloat | first = Derval | title = Karokh Share Technicolor Punk Funk, 'Boogies' [Premiere] | date = 19 February 2016 | journal = DervSwerve | accessdate = 6 April 2017}}

In 2017, Crary was included in the book Culturcide and Non-Identity across American Culture, published by Rowman & Littlefield.Traber, Daniel S. (2017) Culturcide and Non-Identity across American Culture, Lexington Books/Rowman & Littlefield, {{ISBN|978-1498554770}}

In 2020, Crary was included in Jonathan Rhodes Lee's book Film Music in the Sound Era, published by Routledge.Lee, Jonathan Rhodes (2020) Film Music in the Sound Era, Routledge, {{ISBN|978-0367821197}}

Crary lives in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of New York City.{{cite speech |title=Kill Your Idols 10th Anniversary Q&A |author=Crary, Scott |event=Nitehawk Cinema|date=November 14, 2014 |location=New York City |url=http://www.nitehawkcinema.com/movie/kill-your-idols/ |accessdate= 7 June 2015 }} He has a dog named Kafka, after the author Franz Kafka.{{cite web |url=https://bfa.com/home/photo/2889350 | title = Scott Crary, Paola Crary, Kafka at Opening and afterparty for Takashi Murakami solo exhibition at Perrotin New York | work = BFA official website | accessdate= 27 January 2019}}

Scott Crary is the great-great-great-great-grandson of 19th century poet and abolitionist Oringe Smith Crary.{{cite census | title = 1880 United States Census | year = 1880 | location = Pierrepont, St. Lawrence, New York | roll = 926 | page = 7B | line = 16 | enumdist = 228 | filmnum = 1254926 | nafilm = T9 | accessdate = 2015-06-01 }}

He is also cousin to geophysicist and Arctic explorer Albert Paddock Crary, the first person to have set foot on both the North and South Poles.{{cite census | title = Fifteenth Census of the United States | year = 1930 | location = Pierrepont, St. Lawrence, New York | roll = 1642 | page = 1A | line = 4 | enumdist = 0076 | filmnum = 2341376 | nafilm = T626 | accessdate = 2015-06-01}}

• 2004—Winner, Best Feature Documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival for Kill Your Idols
• 2004—Nominated, Best Foreign Documentary at the São Paulo International Film Festival for Kill Your Idols
• 2006—Winner, Audience Award at the Camden International Film Festival for Huldufólk 102
• 2008—Kill Your Idols included on Black Book Magazine's list of 'Iconic and Influential Music Documentaries'
• 2010—Winner, Van Gogh Award for Best Biography at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam for William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
• 2010—Winner, Gold Kahuna Award at the Honolulu Film Awards for William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
• 2010—William S. Burroughs: A Man Within named on Sight & Sound's Critics' Poll of the year's best films
• 2011—Kill Your Idols included on Nylon Magazine's list of 'Top Music Documentaries'
• 2013—Kill Your Idols included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame archives
• 2015—Kill Your Idols ranked at #5 on Taste of Cinema's list of 'Essential Punk Movies'
• 2016—Kill Your Idols ranked at #7 on Mafab Magazine's list of the '50 All-Time Best Music Movies'
• 2017—Winner, Felix Award at the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival for Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution

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